| First
Ecumenical Council |
Nicea,
Asia
Minor, 325 A.D. |
Formulated
the First
Part of the Creed. Defining the divinity of the Son of God.
|
| Second
Ecumenical Council |
Constantinople
381 A.D. |
Formulated
the Second Part
of the Creed, defining the divinity of the Holy Spirit. |
| Third
Ecumenical Council |
Ephesus,
Asia Minor 431
A.D. |
Defined
Christ as the Incarnate
Word of God and Mary as Theotokos. |
| Fourth
Ecumenical Council |
Chalcedon,
Asia Minor 451
A.D. |
Defined
Christ as Perfect
God and Perfect God and Perfect Man in One Person. |
| Fifth
Ecumenical Council |
Constantinople
II 553 A.D. |
Reconfirmed
the Doctrines
of the Trinity and Christ. |
| Sixth
Ecumenical Council |
Constantinople
III 680 A.D. |
Affirmed
the
True Humanity
of Jesus by insisting upon the reality of His Human will and action. |
| Qinisext
Council (Trullo) |
Constantinople
692 A.D. |
Completed
the 5th and 6th
Ecumenical Councils |
| Seventh
Ecumenical Council |
Nicea,
Asia
Minor 787 A.D. |
Affirmed
the
propriety of
icons as genuine expressions of the Christian Faith. |
